With the festival taking a year out, we take a moment to appreciate some of the most memorable outfits seen on its stages over the years – from Solange in monochrome PVC to Thom Yorke in an Astro Boy T-shirt

Björk says she will no longer perform her album, Vulnicura, because it’s too intense, while Sinéad O’Connor refuses to sing Nothing Compares to U as she can no longer connect with it. Should singers move on when things get too personal?

Damon Albarn brought Shaolin monks, Kraftwerk stormed the velodrome and Punchdrunk revolutionised Doctor Who – as Manchester International festival returns this summer, we look back at the event’s most spectacular moments